AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ACCESS NOW, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS EU: Leak reveals states are ready to put human rights defenders at risk to protect surveillance industry 29 October 2018 EU member states must back proposed curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, Access Now,...

Summary In June 2018, an Amnesty International staff member received a malicious WhatsApp message with Saudi Arabia-related bait content and carrying links Amnesty International believes are used to distribute and deploy sophisticated mobile spyware. Through the course of our subsequent...

Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and dissent, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The report, It’s enough for people to feel it exists: Civil society, secrecy and surveillance in Belarus,...

The Stasi’s massive archive held files on millions. Photo credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Four decades of domination over almost all aspects of life in East Germany came to an abrupt halt exactly 25 years ago today. On 31 March 1990, one of the most intrusive surveillance...